ICU Consultant

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

Provide High Quality Care to Patients presenting as an Emergency or who require Critical Care

Research, Teaching & Training
• Collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the translational research portfolio, whilst meeting the full requirements of Research Governance
• Provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates, foundation doctors, specialty trainees and members of other health care professions as required

Performance Management
• Work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in clinical efficiency, patient safety, quality of outcomes and financial management

Medical Staff Management
• Participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle
• Be responsible for the annual appraisal of doctors in training, Trust doctors and non-consultant grades as delegated

Governance
• Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and ensure resulting actions are implemented
• Keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with Specialty Leads
• Role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team

Leadership and Team Working
• Demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust

and when participating in national initiatives
• Work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Imperial College as required

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
• On GMC's Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
• Appropriate Royal College Membership

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Broad knowledge of Critical Care as defined by the UK FICM Curriculum
• Understanding of statutory requirements in healthcare
• Understanding of relevant health and safety legislation
• Good understanding of GPICS and GPICS v2
• Working knowledge of the SI framework
• NICE guidance relating to critical care
• Statutory Audit requirements for Critical Care
• Sound grasp of ethical principles and relevant legal precedent
• Relevant experience acquired working in Critical Care, Anaesthesia, PICU, and General Medicine
• Able to demonstrate your experience of Audit, quality improvement, safety, and involvement in teaching and training
• Understanding of the working a large tertiary referral healthcare/NHS Intensive Care Unit
• IT Skills and computer literacy

Teaching and training

Essential criteria

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff

Audit

Essential criteria

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit

Academic achievements including research/publications

Essential criteria

• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Language

Essential criteria

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Leadership/ management skills

Essential criteria

• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
• Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
• Knowledge of finance/budgets
• Management of Staff

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